DYNAMIC MEDICAL INFORMATION MODEL FOR COORDINATED PATIENT CARE DELIVERY
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1. A method for managing a plurality of medical orders issued for a plurality of patients, comprising:
- receiving a medical order that defines a plurality of medical activities to be performed in a predefined workflow for a medical treatment provided to a patient;
automatically creating a list of a plurality of tasks for each of said plurality of medical activities, each said task is assigned with a tracking status;
automatically associating each of said plurality of tasks with at least one of a plurality of care providers;
automatically notifying said at least one care provider using a plurality of client terminals about respective said associated task;
aggregating a plurality of input messages each indicative of a status of one of said plurality of tasks;
automatically updating said tracking status according to said plurality of input messages during a period between said receiving and a completion of said medical order; and
outputting a dataset of said medical order which is indicative of said tracking status for each said task.
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The methods and systems described by the present invention enable managing a medical order provided to a patient, comprising:
- a) Receive a medical order provided to a patient that defines a plurality of medical activities to be performed in a predefined order.
- b) Automatically create a list of a plurality of tasks for each medical activity, each task is assigned with a tracking status.
- c) Automatically associate each task with at least one of a plurality of care providers.
- d) Automatically notify the at least one care provider using a client terminal about the respective associated task.
- e) Aggregate a plurality of input messages each indicative of a status of one of the tasks.
- f) Automatically update the tracking status according to the input messages during the period of the medical order.
- g) Outputting a dataset of the medical order which is indicative of the tracking status for each task.
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1. A method for managing a plurality of medical orders issued for a plurality of patients, comprising:
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receiving a medical order that defines a plurality of medical activities to be performed in a predefined workflow for a medical treatment provided to a patient; automatically creating a list of a plurality of tasks for each of said plurality of medical activities, each said task is assigned with a tracking status; automatically associating each of said plurality of tasks with at least one of a plurality of care providers; automatically notifying said at least one care provider using a plurality of client terminals about respective said associated task; aggregating a plurality of input messages each indicative of a status of one of said plurality of tasks; automatically updating said tracking status according to said plurality of input messages during a period between said receiving and a completion of said medical order; and outputting a dataset of said medical order which is indicative of said tracking status for each said task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for managing a plurality of medical orders issued for a plurality of patients, comprising:
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an input module which receives a medical order from at least one of a plurality of care providers using a plurality of client terminals; an activities list generation module which generates an activities list that defines a plurality of medical activities to be performed in a predefined workflow for a medical treatment provided to a patient; a tasks list generation module which automatically creates a list of a plurality of tasks for each of said plurality of medical activities, assigns a tracking status to each of said plurality of tasks and associates each of said plurality of tasks with said at least one of care provider; a notification module which automatically transmits a notification message over a plurality of networks to said at least one care provider using said plurality of client terminals about respective said associated task; a tracking module which aggregates a plurality of input messages each indicative of a status of one of said plurality of tasks and automatically updates said tracking status according to said plurality of input messages; and a log module which holds a plurality of information records of the said workflow of said medical order. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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